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leatherwood

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As a noun, leatherwood means any deciduous shrub, of the genus Dirca, that has leathery bark.

Meanings of leatherwood

5 meanings

noun

  1. Any deciduous shrub, of the genus Dirca, that has leathery bark

  2. Any subalpine shrub or small tree found only in New Zealand, Olearia colensoi

  3. Cyrilla spp,

  4. Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliageplant

    Similar: cyrilla, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora
  5. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowersplant

    Similar: moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

noun: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West…
cyrillawhite titiCyrilla racemiflora
noun: deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough fle…
moosewoodmoose-woodwicopyropebarkDirca palustris

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